Trousers cuff



S. M. BLOCH TROUSERS CUFF May 9, 1933.

Filed Feb 1951 INVENTOR. Samue/ 77K 5706/71.

ATTORNEYS,

Patented May 9, 1933 T E S SAMUEL IVI. BLOCH, F CLEVELAND, 01-110, ASSIGNOR. TO" THE FINTEX" GORPORATIONy Peter OFFIC OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN TROUSERS CUFF Application filed February 4, 1931. Serial No; 513,336.

'Other aims and purposes of the invention will appear from thefollowing description and drawing taken in conjunction with the V appended claims.

For the purpose of illustrating my inven-. tion I refer to'the following description and accompanying drawing of a preferred form of'the invention, although it will be under stood that the same inventive principles may be applied in other ways.

'In the drawing, Fig. l is a diagrammatic illustration of the method of measuring to form my improved cuff Fig. 2 showsin perusedin the constr'uction'of my improved cuff; Fig. 3 shows the inner surface of an opened trousers leg showing the method of incorporating the strip of Fig. 2; Fig. 'is a view showing a section on the line 4-4, Fig. 3, and a portion of the inside face of the partly finished cuif pressed flat; Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view corresponding to Fig. 4, but with the layers of material spread apart for clearness of illustration; Fig. 5 is a view of the same nature as Fig. A but on the line 5--5, Fig. 3,.andshowing the completed cuff Fig; 5 is a section corresponding to Fig. 5, but

inthe same diagrammatic style as Fig. 4

Fig. 6 is an outside view of the lower part of a trousers leg with the completed culf thereon.

Although the present cuff is shown and described primarily as constructed'with an insert of material such as heavy linen, cheaper and stifier than the trousers material, the principles of the method are also applicable to a filling for the cufii' made entirely of the trousers material or of other material.

In the preferred form of the improved 'spective the inner face of a strip of material cuff a filler strip is used inside the cuff; This will preferably be of relatively inexpensive stiffening material, and is shown in Fig. 2"

and indicated diagrammatically by the solid black lines of Figs. 4 and 5 It is made in two parallel lengthwise sections preferably, but not necessarily, of equal width,the

' upper section, F -G, Fig. 2, being formed of a single thickness of material and the lower section formed of several thicknesses, three being illustrated, preferably byfolding the material on itself. If advisable, the

fold GH may be held in place by a line of stitching K.

A convenient method of making'the cuff will be best understood by referring to. Fig.

1, which is a diagram of themarks and'folds of the trousers leg, and to Figs. 4 and 5 which show the folding and the placing of the filler strip. The usual in-seam measurement is taken and is marked on'the legat A. The lines C and D are drawn half'the intended width of the finished cufl' respectively above and below A, and the line 'Bis drawn suficiently above C so that the distance B--C will equal the distance The bottom,

edge E is cut so that the distance D E is enough greater than Gr-H to allow the edge- E to be brought up andfelled just above the fold Bwhen the cult is completed, as will'be apparent from Figs. 5 andv 5 It will be V noted, however, that the finished bott'oin' comes at D'and notv atA because of the pull ing'up of the material bythe up fold from B to C. If the thin and thick portions of" the filler strip ofFig; 2 are of equal width this again will vary with the width of the lower,.thick, partof the filler strip. It will" of course be understood that in measuring and marking, various arrangements such as guides and so on may beemployed, so that it is not always necessary to make actual chalk marks on the various lines, and that the above illustration is not a limitation upon the method of making the cufi'. It will be apparent from the above description and from Fig. 5 that there are threethicknesses of trousers material in the upper half of the cuif and only two thicknesses in the lower half. However, the thickness of the completed cuff is substantially even throughout, for the reason that the extra thickness of the lower part GH of the filler strip compensates for one thickness of the trousers material. A

After the places for the folds have been indicated, the trousers cloth is folded up at B, the filler strip is applied and may be basted in place, the trousers cloth is next folded down at C outside the filler, as will be apparent from Fig. 4 which shows the arrangement of the layers, although the material is actually flat, as in Fig. 4. Next the trousers cloth is folded upwards at D on the inside of the leg, and is felled along the edge E, as shown by diagram in Fig. 5, although the actual flat lay of the materials in the completed culf is shown in Fig. 5. If basting has been used to hold the filler strip, such basting can now be pulled out. The felling stitches will preferably be caught through into the filler strip, as shown at M, Fig. .5

and exaggerated in Fig. 5, making a very firm durable job. The stitching M as well as the fold at B holds the cuff to the leg proper, so that no tacking is needed to keep the cuff top from opening away from the leg. ,Thus the neat close apparance of the cuff is secured and maintained.

The following is given as an illustration of the saving of cloth and also of the additional range of finished lengths possible from the use of my improved cuff.

As contrasted with the known styles of makingculfs, this saves a length of cloth amounting to the entire finished culf length. Taking, for example, a 2 inch culf, in which the distance O-D would be 2 inches, the improved cuff requires'only 4% inches of material as against'6 inches for an old style cuff. The distance CD is 2 inches, B-C is 1 inch and DE is 1 inches, allowing 4 inch overlap from B to E for the felling.

'As compared with this, an old style cuff would have the fold corresponding to B just about the bottom fold D thus requiring an extralength of trousers material equal to twice the distance BD. 55

As aresult of this saving, for any given leg length supplied by the manufacturer, the retailer can provide his customers with finished trousers legs in the new style a full cuff width longer than when using the old style In making the above cuff any hand or machine work, or combination of the two may be used as maybe most economical and convenient. V i

' It will be seen that I have invented a cuff by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A trousers cufi comprising successive folds one below the other, the combined depth of the two folds equalling the cuff width, said folds being of diiferentthickness, and a filler strip within said folds, said filler strip being of uneven thickness, the thick parts of the strip being opposed to the thin folds and vice versa. v

2. A trousers cuff comprising upper and lower portions of approximately equal width and thickness, each portion containing trousers material and stiffening material, said materials being disposed in strips which are relatively thick on a portion of the cuff width and other strips which are relatively thin the entire cuff width, the relatively thick portions being disposed with their inner edges abutting.

3. A trousers culf comprising upper and lower portions of approximately equal width and thickness, each portion containing trousers material and stiffening material, said materials being disposed around the leg in strips which are relatively thick on one portion of the cuff width and relatively thin on the entire cufi width, the relatively thickinner strip of material longitudinally arranged in thick and; thin portions, and disposed with its thin portion between said first-' named up fold and the upper part of said down fold and its thick portion between the lower part of said'down fold and said lastnamed'up fold.

5. A trousers cuff comprising'successively an up intermediate fold of trousers material half the cuff width, a down outside fold the entire cuff width, an up inside fold terminating in the edge of the material joined to v the bottom of said first-named fold, an inner strip of material longitudinally arranged in thick and thin halves, and disposedwith its thin half between said first-named up fold and the upper half of said down fold and its thick portion between the lower half of said down fold and said last-named up fold.

6. A trousers cufi' comprising successively an up intermediate fold of trousers material part of the culi width, a down outside fold the entire cufi width, an up inside fold terminating in the edge of the material joined to the bottom of said first-named fold, an inner strip of material longitudinally arranged in thick and thin portions, and disposed with its thin portion between said first named up fold and the upper part of said down fold and its thick portion between the lower part of said down fold and said lastnamed up fold, and a line of stitching joining the upper edge of said last-named up 7 fold to the lower edge of said first-named up fold, said stitching being caught into said inner strip.

7. A trousers cufi comprising successive folds one below the other, each being half the cuff width, said folds being of different thickness, and a filler strip within said folds, said filler strip being of uneven thickness, the thick parts of the strip being opposed to the thin folds and vice versa.

Signed by me this 2nd day of February,

SAMUEL M. BLOCH. 

